[ExI] meaning & symbols

[Spencer Campbell]

Ben Zaiboc <bbenzai at yahoo.com>:
> OK obviously this word 'symbol' needs some clear definition.
>
> I would use the word to mean any distinct pattern of neural activity that has a relationship with other such patterns.
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> But that's just me.  Maybe I'm overstretching the use of the word.
>
> What do other people mean by the word 'symbol', in this context?

About the same. It's a problematic definition in that *distinct*
patterns of neural activity are hard to come by, but I can't do any
better.